Editing Dizzy Gillespie (section)

==Awards and honors==
[[File:Dizzy Gillespie statue.jpg|thumb|right|130px|Statue of Gillespie by Ed Dwight in his hometown of Cheraw, South Carolina]]

In 1989, Gillespie was given the [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]]. The next year, at the [[Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]] ceremonies celebrating the centennial of American jazz, Gillespie received the [[Kennedy Center Honors]] Award and the [[American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers]] ''Duke Ellington Award'' for 50 years of achievement as a composer, performer, and bandleader.<ref name="tribute">{{cite web |last1=Watrous |first1=Peter |title=A Tribute for Gillespie and the Jazz He Created |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/14/arts/pop-jazz-a-tribute-for-gillespie-and-the-jazz-he-created.html |website=The New York Times |url-access=subscription |access-date=December 10, 2018 |date=December 14, 1990}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jazzwithbobparlocha.com/what/jazzbios/jazzbio_dizzy_gillespie.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061029054809/http://www.jazzwithbobparlocha.com/what/jazzbios/jazzbio_dizzy_gillespie.html|url-status=dead|title=Jazz with Bob Parlocha – Biographies – Dizzy Gillespie|archive-date=October 29, 2006|access-date=October 21, 2024}}</ref>

In 1989, Gillespie was awarded with an honorary doctorate of music from [[Berklee College of Music]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boston.com/culture/entertainment/2019/03/12/justin-timberlake-missy-elliott-alex-lacamoire-to-receive-honorary-degrees-from-berklee|title=Berklee honorary degrees: Justin Timberlake, Missy Elliott, Alex Lacamoire {{!}} Boston.com|website=Boston.com|language=en-US|access-date=April 15, 2020}}</ref>

In 1991, Gillespie received the Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]] presented by Awards Council member [[Wynton Marsalis]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=Achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url= https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/}}</ref>

In 1993 he received the [[Polar Music Prize]] in Sweden.<ref name="polar">{{cite web |title=Dizzy Gillespie |url=http://www.polarmusicprize.org/laureates/dizzy-gillespie/ |website=Polar Music Prize |access-date=December 10, 2018}}</ref> In 2002, he was posthumously inducted into the [[International Latin Music Hall of Fame]] for his contributions to Afro-Cuban music.<ref>{{cite news|title=International Latin Music Hall of Fame Announces Inductees for 2002|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/international-latin-music-hall-of-fame-announces-inductees-for-2002-76803217.html|access-date=October 31, 2015|date=April 5, 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924150330/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/international-latin-music-hall-of-fame-announces-inductees-for-2002-76803217.html|archive-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was honored on December 31, 2006 in A Jazz New Year's Eve: Freddy Cole & the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.<ref>[http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/jazz/schedule.html The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Schedule 2006–07] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070113144406/http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/jazz/schedule.html |date=January 13, 2007 }}, kennedy-center.org; accessed May 25, 2017.</ref> In 2014, Gillespie was inducted into the [[New Jersey Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://njhalloffame.org/2014/07/new-jersey-hall-of-fame-class-of-2014-announced/ |title=New Jersey Hall of Fame Class of 2014 Announced |date=July 31, 2014 |website=New Jersey Hall of Fame}}</ref>